2023-24 season preview: Fantasy mock draft 1.0

Pete, Nick, Anna and guest Chris Meaney take part in a fantasy hockey mock draft for a 12-team league with 18 players per team (216 total) and discuss all the things they learned like what round to start drafting goalies, defenseman strategy after a high-scoring season, a star-studded rookie class and various stacking options. They discuss their reaches throughout the mock draft, potential bargains and busts, their favorite stacks involving teams like the Devils, Sabres and Coyotes and which Bruins are worth fading or picking later than usual after all their roster turnover this offseason. Other topics include comparing veteran superstars Alex Ovechkin vs. Sidney Crosby in fantasy, where to draft playoff standouts like Evan Bouchard, Roope Hintz and Jonathan Marchessault, young defensemen with breakout potential like Luke Hughes, Owen Power, Bowen Byram and Jake Sanderson, goalie tandem strategies and more.